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#42 Tom Granger author of Draw Breath | TAKE A DEEP BREATH #Breathcast

TAKE A DEEP BREATH

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Using the Lungs as a Circulatory Pump

Stephen elliot defined the technique about 15 years ago. He says that we're basically doubling the speed of our circulation. If youre inhaling a wine bottle of blood into your lungs and then ejecting it, that's just slightly less than the amount of blood that would be pumped by your heart anyway. Doctor trallan watkins says that if we breathe like this every day for 20 minutes, for six months, thea reversal of age related decline in the heart is equivalent to your heart becoming ten years younger.

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